Bing! Microsoft Prepares For War With A Revamped Search Engine

Today, Microsoft publicly unveiled its soon-to-launch search engine Bing. It will become available over the next few days, and be fully launched by June 3. On the surface, Bing has a distinct gloss. The home page features a rotation of stunning photography, for instance, which can be clicked on to produce related image search results. But the most significant changes are under the covers. “We have taken the algorithmic programming up an order of magnitude,” says Microsoft senior vice president Yusuf Mehdi. Each search result page is customized according to what type of search you do (health, travel, shopping, news, sports). The algorithms determine not only the order of results on the page, but the layout of the page itself, concluding what sections appear. These sections can include anything from guided refinements and a list of related searches in the left-hand pane to images, videos, and local results.

I’ve been playing around with a preview version of Bing for about a week. It is designed to be “more of a decision engine,” says Mehdi. Bing helps people make decisions through guided search and a focus on task completion. In a time when a new Website is created every 4.5 seconds, information overload is becoming a real problem. ” People are getting hundreds of thousands of links but not getting what they want,” says Mehdi. Bing tries to alleviate problem by offering up different experiences depending on the search.

The internal codename for Bing is Kumo (which is what you see in the screenshots), and the current release is called Kiev. Rather than a spare, blank screen, Bing’s homepage surrounds the search box with a single beautiful image, such as the one of the tribesmen above or a kinkajou. You can hover over parts of the image to get factoids about the image or click through to an image search result page to explore more. The left-hand pane offers the option to narrow your search on images, videos, shopping, news, maps, or travel. Each of these has a different look and feel. A travel search will turn up a page based on Microsoft’s Farecast technology asking you where you want to go, with flights, hotels, and destination information. A news search offers up headlines, photos, videos, and local news in a column on the right. A shopping search will bring up products and is tied into Microsoft’s Cashback program.

Every search also generates a guide on the left to help you refine your search. A search for “kinkajou,” for example, lets you refine by images, facts, sale, breeders, care, diseases, and videos. A search for “Samsung LCD TVs” brings up an entirely different set of guided results: shopping, review, manual, repair, buy, stand, images, and videos. Each guided option is dynamically generated, just like the different sections of the search results page. “Google, tried to preempt this,” says Mehdi, referring to Google’s new search refinement options it launched last week, which is also in the left pane. Those Google options, which include the ability to search across different time periods or for related keywords, are “completely static,” criticizes Mehdi. “There is nothing new about it. It is a very minor rev, not as sophisticated as what we are doing. For us ever query is special.”

Katy Perry, I love to flirt

Singer Katy Perry has recently spilt the beans for guys saying that "
don't expect me to go around having casual sex, for I finds it
'disgusting'.

The "I Kissed a Girl' hitmaker — who is currently going around with
Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis McCoy — says she loves to flirt, but
insists she would never have sex with a guy she barely knows.

"For me, it's not a pastime, going out and meeting people and trying
to hook up with people. That actually makes me feel disgusting. From a
really early age, I was really sensitive to that," the Daily Star
quoted her as saying.

"Getting your flirt on is the best thing in the world, but when it
comes to sharing bodily fluids with a person I don't know - no thank
you," she added.

Weebly Launches Free WYSIWYG Virtual Storefronts

Weebly, a popular WYSIWYG webpage maker, is launching a new feature
today that will allow users to quickly make fully customized web
stores using the Weebly interface they're already familiar with.

Using the new feature is simple. Weebly has added a handful of new
'revenue' elements to its main menubar, which allows you to
drag-and-drop items onto your page. Simply drag one of the four
available 'Product' elements onto your page, and you'll be presented
with a small box where you can describe your product, add a photo, and
set a price (you can easily create a new item in less than a minute).
After creating a product once, you can add it to your other pages
without having to recreate it.

The store supports both PayPal and Google Checkout accounts, and
allows users to add items to a virtual shopping cart as they browse
(you don't have to buy one item at a time). And aside from any fees
you might have from PayPal or Google, the Weebly storefront is totally
free - the company isn't taking a cut of any of your sales. To make
money, Weebly plans to offer 'pro' features for power users at a
premium in the future (the site also generates revenue through its pro
accounts and domain selling).

There are already quite a few services online that allow you to
generate your own virtual marketplace, but Weebly cofounder David
Rusenko says that most of these do a poor job allowing you to
customize the look and feel of your store, which often leads to
something generic. Because Weebly can already be used to build your
own fully customized webpage, adding the ability to sell items seemed
like a natural extension to the product (especially since many users
were already trying to sell items from their Weebly pages on their
own).

Space Shuttle Atlantis landed Sunday at Edwards air force base

The U.S. Space Shuttle Atlantis landed Sunday at Edwards Air Force
Base in California, two days late due to inclement weather in Florida,
NASA says.

The Space Shuttle's mission to complete repairs to the Hubble Space
Telescope officially ended at 10:39 a.m. when Commander Scott Altman
guided the spacecraft to a landing on Edwards' Runway 22, telling
mission control that the flight was "a thrill from start to finish,"
the space agency's Web site said.

NASA said continued wet and rainy weather conditions over Florida's
Kennedy Space Center Sunday morning forced flight controllers to wave
off a landing there for the third straight day, directing the craft to
instead land at the backup facility in California.

Atlantis arrived at the Hubble Space Telescope on May 13. Its crew
performed five spacewalks on five consecutive days to repair and
upgrade the telescope.

The flight was the 126th mission for the U.S. Space Shuttle program, NASA said.

Ghostbuster 3 - coming soon

Movie "Ghostbusters" will be seen in a new format, news is that
Ghostbuster gang is getting ready to strap on their proton packs once
more, with some new recruits.
A long-awaited third film in the series "could be in production by
winter," Dan Aykroyd, the star and co-writer of "Ghostbusters"' first
two installments, told the L.A. Times, adding that he hopes stars such
as Alyssa Milano and Eliza Dushku sign on to join the ghost-fighting
team's second-generation squad.
The star confirmed that the core of original cast — Aykroyd, Sigourney
Weaver, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson — is on board for
the film.
However, Aykroyd noted that the new film would focus on new characters
joining the Ghostbusters squad, naming Milano and Dushku as
possibilities.
"I think they're amazing," he said. "I'd like it to be a
passing-of-the-torch movie."

Katrina Darrell, bikini girl on american idol

Cover of Big Girls Don't Cry

Katrina Darrell wins the award. She's been working on her tan since
getting sent home. Ryan, looking at her (and not her face), delivers
probably the best line of the night.

Katrina Darrell, bikini girl on american idol8:44 We're back…The girls
are on the mini-stage doing "Glamourous"…Wow, Megan sounds SO bad.
Tell me again how she got so far and how we're now stuck with her on
the tour?…And her shorts are so short…Allison introduces Fergie and
the crowd goes crazy…Randy stands up…She's doing "Big Girls Don't
Cry"…I really don't like her dark hair…The girls are backing her up…Oh
no, Fergie just encouraged the people in the mosh pit to sway. What
are you doing?…Allison introduces The Black Eyed Peas…They're doing
that new song of theirs that I totally don't get…What's it called
"Boom Boom Pow"?…We just left them to show a silent shot of the "Idol"
logo for several seconds. Is there massive cursing in that song? I
don't know I always turn it off when it comes on the radio? That could
have been a directing mistake, but it was a bad one if it was…They
have dancers behind them dressed in zebra striped bodysuits…The girl
Idols are behind the judges going crazy…Okay those zebra dancers are
freaking me out…The girls are dancing with Paula…They do know how to
put on a show…Ryan says that's why they're number one…Randy gives them
a standing ovation…

8:50 Back to the Golden Idols…Best Attitude…Katrina Darrell, aka
Bikini Girl…Alexis Cohen. You know, the actressing girl?…Tiffany
Shedd, who sang "pee on the safe side" while doing "Because of
You"…And it goes to…Katrina Darrell, who's in a bikini and she has
CLEARLY had some work done. Simon and Randy are a little surprised…She
kisses Ryan on the lips…Ryan says, I was going to ask you what's new,
but I think I can see" and the audience loved it. NICE ONE,
Ryan…Katrina does "Vision of Love" and it's terrible and then we hear
another voice join her…and it's Kara, who comes down the
stairs…Katrina gives up and just stands there…She tries to rejoin
her…Kudos to Kara for managing to stay on key during Katrina's
wailing…And then Kara rips open her dress and she's WEARING A
BIKINI…Ryan says they're donating a bunch of money to Kara's favorite
charity for that…THAT was the best thing Kara's done all season…Break…

Thanks to media.herald-dispatch.com

American Idol Shocker: Kris Allen Wins!

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Kris Allen scored a stunning, dark-horse victory over Adam Lambert on
the star-studded season finale of "American Idol" Wednesday night.
Read on for the new champ's shocked reaction and the full recap!

When host Ryan Seacrest revealed that the nearly one-hundred million
votes cast favored Kris, the overjoyed 23-year-old from Arkansas said,
"It feels good, man, but Adam deserved this. … I don't know what to
feel right now, but this is crazy!"

"I thought you were both brilliant, unusually incredibly nice people,"
Simon Cowell told the top two shortly before the result was announced,
"and I think the both of you should be very proud of what you achieved
last night. And the future's all yours."

The shocking finale featured a host of duets between star musicians
and this season's "Idol" champ and hopefuls. Queen guitarist Brian May
and drummer Roger Taylor backed Adam and Kris on "We Are the
Champions." Keith Urban and Kris traded guitar licks on "Kiss a Girl."
KISS descended from the rafters amid a pyrotechnic supernova to jam
with Adam on "Detroit Rock City" and "Rock and Roll All Nite."

Guitar-god Carlos Santana unleashed "Black Magic Woman" and "Smooth"
with vocals from Matt Giraud and the Top 13 respectively. Queen
Latifah and Lil Rounds crooned "Cue the Rain." Jason Mraz sang "I'm
Yours" with Anoop Desai and Alexis Grace.

Cyndi Lauper and Allison Iraheta exchanged verses on "Time After
Time." Lionel Richie and Danny Gokey let loose with "Just Go" and "All
Night Long." And funnyman Steve Martin showed off his surprisingly
formidable banjo skills on his original tune "Pretty Flowers,"
accompanied by Michael Sarver and Megan Joy.

Plus, Rod Stewart crooned his classic tune "Maggie May." Fergie sang
"Big Girls Don't Cry" and her Black Eyed Peas grooved to their hit
"Boom Boom Pow." Former "Idol" champ David Cook performed "Permanent"
in honor of his late brother and the fans. And judge Kara DioGuardi
ripped her clothes off to reveal a bikini underneath after dueting
with the "Idol" reject affectionately known as "Bikini Girl."

Simon Cowell’s ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour assaulted by a woman following the American Idol finale.

Simon Cowell's ex-girlfriend Terri Seymour has been assaulted by a
woman following the American Idol finale, according to reports.

TMZ.com reports that the British TV presenter and former model was
approached by her attacker at LA Live, a complex that includes the
Nokia Theatre where the talent show was taped.

It's claimed a 33-year-old woman walked up to Terri and asked if she
was Simon's girlfriend.

The suspect then allegedly attacked her and attempted to choke her,
before being arrested by police.

She was charged with felony battery and Terri, 35, who split from the
music mogul last year after six years of dating, was escorted from the
building by police.

She reportedly refused medical treatment.

Source: Splash News

Former MySpace Execs Get Funding For New Venture; Some Details Leak

Remember when MySpace lost three key execs before the whole chaotic
reorganization? They announced their departure in March. And we've now
confirmed that they are closing a substantial round of funding, even
before they've picked a final name for the company.

The company, whatever it will be called, was founded by Amit Kapur
(MySpace COO), Steve Pearman (MySpace SVP Product Strategy) and Jim
Benedetto (MySpace VP Technology). The company is now backed by August
Capital and Redpoint Ventures, who jointly funded a roughly $10
million venture round. David Hornik from August and Geoff Yang from
Redpoint have joined the board of directors.

What do we know so far about the company? Not a whole lot except that
Redpoint and August are rumored to be "very excited" about it. The
company is supposedly targeting the message board/Internet forum space
with technology that aggregates content and serves advertising against
it. Real time search (bingo! fundable!) may be part of the business
plan as well.

Whatever this thing is called, and whatever it does, I know one thing
- I like the team. These were three of the most respected and creative
execs at MySpace. Keep an eye on them.

Soften cell Phone collection for summer 2009

Soften cell Phone collection for summer 2009

Panasonic 832P

(business handset with a 10mm-body and global roaming function)

AQUOS SHOT 933SH

(equipped with a 10 megapixel low-noise CCD sensor, a rotating touchscreen display and a 3.3-inch WVGA display)

SOLAR HYBRID 936SH

(solar-powered handset that lets you make a one-minute call time after 10 minutes of charging and features a 3-inch WVGA display)

Armani samsung Mobile

Image via Wikipedia

SoftBank 830SC EMPORIO ARMANI by Samsung

(Samsung phone designed by Armani)

Samsung 740SC (easy-to-use handset made for worldwide distribution)
SoftBank 830SC EMPORIO ARMANI by Samsung
(Samsung phone designed by Armani)

Aubrey Louis Berry, Dolla shooter identified

Police today identified the man who allegedly shot and killed Atlanta
rapper Dolla at the Beverly Center as Aubrey Louis Berry, 23, of
Georgia.

Berry was arrested on suspicion of murder Monday afternoon at Los
Angeles International Airport as he attempted to board a plane, said
officials with the Los Angeles Police Department. He is accused of
killing up-and-coming rap artist Roderick Anthony Burton II, 21, known
as Dolla, who died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Berry was being held on $1-million bail. He was identified as one of
two suspects who allegedly fled from the mall in a silver
Mercedes-Benz SUV after the 3 p.m. shooting at the La Cienega
Boulevard entrance of the Westside shopping center.

Burton was shot in the head as he and another rapper, D.J. Shabbazz,
waited in the valet parking area, according to his publicist, Sue
Vannasing. She said Burton had been involved in an altercation with
other passengers on a flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles, but it was
unclear if that was related to the shooting.

LAPD officers were called to the mall on a report of a group fight,
possibly involving a knife. Authorities said two suspects were seen
fleeing before officers arrived.

Source , www.latimes.com

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Actor Patrick Swayze death rumor denied

Rumors that Patrick Swayze died this morning are not true, A
spokeswoman for Patrick Swayze issued a statement Tuesday refuting
"severely reckless" reports that the cancer-stricken actor died.
The statement from publicist Annett Wolf read, "This is to confirm
that Patrick Swayze did not pass away this morning contrary to
severely reckless reports stemming from a radio station in
Jacksonville, Florida. Patrick Swayze is alive, well and is enjoying
his life and he continues to respond to treatment."

In addition to the unspecified Jacksonville radio station, a German TV
news channel also repeated the incorrect news, which went viral via
Twitter as well.

Wolf could not be reached for comment.

Swayze most recently starred in the A&E series "The Beast."

Source www.hollywoodreporter.com

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Mary-Louise Parker, shows off

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All Credit for Mary-Louise Parker, showing off big nipples goes to

Mary-Louise herself who has reprimanded her Weeds bosses for tricking
her into shooting a scene "shows off big nipples." Mary-Louise Parker
said in an statement to More magazine that she was requested to give a
bath-tub scene and she didn't want to do but agreed to do it anyways
and is now upset with whatever happened.Mary-Louise Parker reportedly
said "I knew it was going to be on the Internet: 'Mary-Louise shows
off her big nipples.' I wish I hadn't done that. I was goaded into
it".

Weeds is an American comedy television series created by Jenji Kohan,
produced by Lionsgate Television for the Showtime network. The plot
revolves around a widowed housewife (Mary-Louise Parker, shows off big
nipples) from an affluent California suburb who becomes her
neighborhood's marijuana dealer to make ends meet.

Mary-Louise Parker is a Tony-, Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning actress.
Some of her well known works include Fried Green Tomatoes, Boys on the
Side, Proof, The West Wing, Angels in America including Weeds.

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Facebook Finally Gets OpenID this will help you to login without creating account on facebook

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Finally Facebook shift to OpenID.Open Id is a technical term, this
mean that if you have gmail account then u just come over facebook and
give your gmail account id and password then this will login to
facebook.Its really amazing feature many of the site already sifted to
openId.While I like OpenID as a concept, I think it has been a bit too
technical for the average user. Not that it is very hard to understand
or use, but rather clunky and more of a hassle than something that
truly helps out. There just wasn't incentive enough for the user.

No more, potentially at least, because now Facebook is an OpenID
relying partner. That means that you can use your Gmail account to
login to Facebook, once you have authenticated it, and that in turn
means that when you're logged in to Facebook you're also logged in to
every site using Facebook Connect.

That could be your blog.

First things first, link your Facebook account to an OpenID provider.
Not all will let you login automatically, and the Inside Facebook
interview with Luke Shepard is focusing on Google accounts. And sure,
like so many others, I log onto Gmail every morning, and now that will
go for Facebook as well. At least, it will after I've visited my
Account Settings and added Google as a linked service.

Shephard says:

We're a major identity provider with the Facebook Platform and
Facebook Connect. We've been trying to do a good job on this for apps,
and this is a good chance for us to eat our own dogfood with identity
and learn what we can do better for apps in the future.

There are very few sites that support the background automatic
login in OpenID, but this is a core part of the Facebook Connect
experience. Others havent done this yet because it's pretty difficult
technically. When designing our OpenID implementation, I was drawing
on several Facebook engineers here to learn from how we did various
things with Connect. It's also still rapidly evolving.

Shepard also says that both Yahoo and Microsoft are on the verge of
releasing their own solutions so that they too will work with Facebook
and keep you logged in.

This is potentially great news for OpenID. Facebook is such a strong
brand, and the fact that they're getting behind it says a lot. Of
course, their intentions were known, but this is the proof needed. Now
let's hope they can push this and make something huge out of the
somewhat unholy trio of Facebook Connect, OpenID providers, and their
massive userbase.

Sunday Morning SEO: What is Anchor Text and Why is It Important?

In a survey of 37 search experts, the 2nd highest SEO factor was the
anchor text of links from other sites. However, many webmasters who
want to rank better on the search engines don't know what anchor text
is. Fortunately, anchor text is an easy concept to understand. In
this post and next week's post, we'll look at what anchor text is and
how to use it well for your blog.

Simply put, anchor text is the text in a link. Here's an example.
The anchor text of the following link is the best blog in the world:

the best blog in the world

Anchor text is important because search engines use it in their
algorithms to determine their rankings. Here's how it works. Search
engines are constantly checking the anchor text of your site. Each
time you get a link from another site, the search engines will note
the anchor text of that link. With each instance a word or phrase
shows up in your anchor text, your chances improve for increasing your
ranking for that word or phrase.

For example, let's say you have a blog about movie reviews. If you
build a lot of links with the words movie and reviews in your anchor
text, you'll improve your chances of increasing your ranking for movie
reviews.

Elle Liberachi Top U.K. Model

Elle Liberachi Named Top U.K. Cover Model ,Elle Liberachi.The
23-year-old British lingerie model and Guess runway girl embodies
everything we love about the great fashion legends who came before
her: insanely stunning looks, soulful eyes, and the kindness to
happily chat with the schlubs at Maxim.

Maxim brings the hottest female stars to FOXNews.com every Monday.
Today, meet British supermodel Elle Liberachi.

Yuvraj Singh claimed second hat-trick in IPL

JOHANNESBURG: Yuvraj Singh claimed his second hat-trick in the Indian
Premier League on Sunday as the Kings XI Punjab beat the Deccan
Chargers by one run at the Wanderers.In the day's second match the
Delhi Daredevils strengthened their hold on top of the standings by
cruising past the Rajasthan Royals by 14 runs in Bloemfontein.

Delhi opened up a three-point lead in the standings while Punjab move
into fourth place.

Deccan hold on to third place while the defending champion Royals are
in fifth place.

After Punjab had posted 134 for seven, Yuvraj picked up the wickets of
Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds and Venugopal Rao with the last ball
of the 12th over and the first two deliveries of the 14th as Deccan
fell agonisingly close to victory as they reached 133 for eight.

Deccan, who had slipped to 79 for five, were rescued by Rohit Sharma
who blasted 42 off 26 balls before falling in the last over of the
Chargers' innings with Deccan needing four runs to win off three
balls.

Left-arm swing bowler Irfan Pathan held his nerve as he conceded just
two runs while taking a wicket off the last three balls while Yuvraj
ended with three for 13 off four overs.

Punjab's total was built around a half-century from Kumar Sangakkara
with the Sri Lankan stroking his way to 56 off 43 balls while left-arm
seamer Rudra Pratap Singh was Deccan's stand-out performer with the
ball as he captured three for 26.

Delhi scored 150 for three with AB de Villiers carving d his way to an
unbeaten 79 off 55 balls.

The South African became the second batsman, after Chennai's Australia
Matthew Hayden, to pass 400 runs In reply, Rajasthan could muster only
36 for nine off their 20 overs.

De Villiers and Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan (33) set Delhi on
their way to a big total with a third-wicket stand of 87 runs off 83
balls before Dilshan was bowled by off spinner Johan Botha

De Villiers and right-handed wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik (23 not out)
then plundered an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 48 runs off 21
balls.

Rajasthan were never in the contest with their top-score coming from
the right-handed Botha who made 37 runs off 31 balls.

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Pervez Musharaff, Pakistan army aware of Taliban threat

NEW YORK: Pervez Musharaff Former president on Sunday said Pakistan
army was carrying out operation against Taliban as the political
leadership considers their growing strength as threat to the
country.In an interview to a US news channel, he said that besides the
ongoing operation in the tribal areas of Pakistan, the military should
keep a keen eyed on Indian border.

He said that there was many threats to the life of Pakistan Peoples
Party leader Benazir Bhutto, saying that he had informed her of those
threats.

Musharaff mentioned that any bid to undermine Pakistan's armed forces
has a direct and detrimental effect on the war against terror. He
termed the alleged 'soft corner' in Pak army for Taliban militants as
biased saying "The army is well aware of the threat and nobody should
dictate it."

He said there is an immediate need for the country to thwart the
threats such as the growing political and martial strength of the
Taliban.

Kuwaiti elected countries first-ever women MPs

Four women have won a seat in the 50-seat parliament. Kuwaiti women
were granted active and passive voting rights in 2005, and a woman was
appointed minister that same year, but none had been elected to
parliament so far. Observers say turnout in the elections was low.

The elections were made necessary when the emir decided to dissolve
parliament for the third time in three years.

In Kuwait, which has no political parties, the emir and his family
hold the post of prime minister as well as the key defence, interior
and foreign affairs portfolios. All other ministers are appointed by
the prime minister.